Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11054, Peter Gilson, Mass. Mass. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gibson, Peter
W 111054
Mass Sea Service
Lucinda
BLW 40924-160-55
CONTENTS
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8858 New York
Peter Gilson
of Hoosick in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Daniels of the Reg t commanded by Col in the Massachusetts time for 18 months & 7 days
11 Dec 1844
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Ap r 1833 — and sent to G Gould Troy N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 — $121.54 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 30.38 $151.92
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino. Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 20

252. 218
Act Mar. 3. 51 July 21. '56
Lucinda Gilson, mid. Peter Gilson, juv. Gilson, Pr.
Not
No 409 24th ipa 13/50
Reviv. war.
Pur? Act Feb. 3. 53 Albany roll.
MS. B. 1. 6 v. 53-5805
Ad: 160000, Sept: 18/52
BD/Dr
L. W. Bennett.
Mar 11/87 Want corrected printed to Agent - in name of warrant petition charges from Gibson to Gibson . left in Land Office
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2.805
New York A. Lucinda Gilson, widow of Maj Peter, who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 dollars 77 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 5 th day of June 1856 and sent to
C. M. Bennett Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 16. Vol. 26
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State of New York } Washington County } 3 of
Be it known that on this 21 st day of September A D 1857 before me one of the Justices of the Supreme Court in & for the State of New York personally appeared Lucinda Gilson a resident of the town of Cambridge in said County & made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Peter Gilson who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, at the rate of sixty dollars & about sixty seven cents per annum that she was married to the said Peter Gilson on the 6 th day of May 1828 Eighteen hundred Twenty eight in the town of Ontario Wayne County and State of New York, that her said husband died on the Eleventh day of December Eighteen hundred Forty four (1844)
That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such a portion of pension as may be due under any of the laws, regulations or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.
The said declarant Lucinda Gilson further states that she has not intermarried but continues to be the widow of the said Peter Gilson, that she now resides in the town of Cambridge in the said County of Washington & State of New York & has resided there for the space of Twenty years & more last past & previous thereto she resided at Williamstown in the County of Wayne, & further that the said declarant has received no part of said pension as said widow.
The said declarant further states that she hereby constitutes & appoints David C. Russell of the town of Salem in said County of Washington & State aforesaid

her true & lawful Attorney & agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers & documents in relation to it & to do all things necessary & lawful in the premises, except drawing the money which will be hereafter provided for. And the said declarant further states that there is no public or private record of her marriage & further that she is now a widow, and further that for a short time after the death of her said husband she resided at Salem, but after a short time she again returned to Cambridge where she has con- tinued to reside ever since as above stated. And this declarant further states that the pension of her said husband was paid to him at the agency for the payment of pensions at the city of Albany in the State of New York.
Sworn to & subscribed this 3 21 st day of September AD 1857 Lucinda Gilson
Lucinda Gilson
C. H. Allen Justice of Sup. Court.
I, Cornelius C. Allen a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, which said Court is a court of record, do hereby certify that Lucinda Gilson above named is a respectable resident of the county of Washington aforesaid & that I am well acquainted with the said Lucinda Gilson & know her to be the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, she has this day appeared before me & acknowledged the above as her act & deed, and I further certify that the said Lucinda Gilson from infirm health is unable to attend in open Court & make this declaration, but that the same was made before me at her said residence.
Dated Salem September 21 st 1857.
C. H. Allen Justice of Sup. Court.

State of New York
Washington County ss
On this 10 th day of July 1856, before me Heaven R. Sherman the undersigned a justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State of New York personally appeared Lucinda Gilson aged Seventy four years a resident of the Town of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York lately a resident of the Town of Cambridge in the said County of Washington who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Peter Gilson deceased who was a private in the war of the rebellion and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least 114 days and was Honorably discharged - She further states that she was married to the said Peter Gilson in Ontario in the State of New York on the 6 th day of May 1828, by me, Norton a justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage as far as she was Lucinda Chappell that her husband died at the Town of Cambridge in said County of Washington on the Eleventh day of December 1844, and that she is still his widow and is now a pensioner on the Albany New York roll under the act of 3 February 1853. She makes this declara- tion for the purpose of obtaining the County said to which she may be entitled an account of said service and mileage in case the act passed March 1855. That she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any bounty land warrant - She further affirms C. H. Brannell of Washington D.C. her true and lawful attorney, with power of substitu- tion to present her claim for said, to receive the certificate or warrant when issued and to sue all other acts necessary also proper in the premises
Witnesses
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Lucinda Gilson to be the person described in and who is described in the age above stated and further that I am not interested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise and I further certify that the words "Norton a justice of the Peace" were interlined before signing
also that your Honor the Judge of the Court of Claims has been requested to order the same

State of New York
Washington County } ss; On this 10 th day of July 1856
Town of Cambridge } personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County David Phelps and Margaret Chasepell who are to me Well Known, and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn, deposed say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Louinda Gilson the above applicant for county court - And they have known her for twenty years last past that they were acquainted with Peter Gilson her late husband having known him for six years previous to his death: that they the said Peter Gilson and Louinda Gilson lived together as husband and wife and were united so to be that disputes never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Peter Gilson died on the eleventh day of December 1844, and the said Louinda Gilson has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow which deponents believe to be the fact - That she has now married since her said husband's death and still is his widow and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a soldier in her declaration above and further that they were present and saw Louinda Gilson execute the foregoing affidavit by subscribing her name to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law and further that they deponents do reside in the County aforesaid
Witnesses - Cyrus Patridge John R. Lytle
STATE OF NEW-YORK, WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
I, N. B. MILLIMAN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that James S. Robertson whose name is subscribed to the Declaration & Afft in writing hereto annexed, was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly elected and qualified by law to act as such and that his signature subscribed thereto is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official Seal, this 14 day of July 1856
Geo B Snow Dep CLERK

State of New York
Washington County } ss; On this 10 th day of July 1856
Town of Cambridge } personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County David Russell and Margaret Chapman who are to me Well Known, and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn, deposed say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Louisa Gilson the above applicant for bounty land - And they have known her for thirty years last past that they were acquainted with Peter Gilson her late husband having known him for six years previous to his death: That they the said Peter Gilson and Louisa Gilson lived together as husband and wife and were united together by their Dispositions never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Peter Gilson died on the Eleventh day of December 1844, and the said Louisa Gilson has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow which dispositions believe to be the fact - That she has never married since her said husband's death and still is his widow and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a soldier in her declaration above and further that they were present and saw Louisa Gilson execute the foregoing affidavit by subscribing her name to the foregoing declaration and making oath thereto in due form of law and further that they dispositions do reside in the County aforesaid
Witnesses - Cyrus Patridge John R. Lytle
E. J. C. Bell
Subscribed and sworn to before me a justice of the Peace in and for the State of New York to me known above mentioned - and I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the same - David Russell

4853. In the Matter of Peter Gibson application for Pension -
On rolls 6 Reg't Mass'ts 20 July to 15 Dec. '80 Service on board Frank- lin - Grand Turk Ham- bler dis allowed - not being public ships -
adm d 18 mo 70s per
Geo Gould agent

State of New York
Rensselaer County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Rensselaer Peter Gilson, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the Army and Navy of the United States during the Revolutionary war and in the following grades. For six months I served as a private Soldier in Captain Larkins company. For three months I served as a private Soldier in Captain Farmers Company. For six weeks I served as a private Soldier in Captain Barnes Company. For three months I served as a private Soldier in Captain Longs Company. For four months I served as a main top what was termed a midshipman on Board of the Sloop of War Franklin and of which John Robinson was Captain. For six months I served as a private Soldier, and during that service was attached to Captain Daniels Company in the Sixth Regiment of Regular Troops of the Massachusetts line. For five months I served as what was termed a main top man on Board of the Frigate called the Grand Turk and commanded by Captain Simmons, that this vessel was a public vessel and was commanded by commissioned officers, the same as United States vessels were and had the same regulations on Board of her, that the names of the first and second Lieutenants I do not recollect, the first mates name was Perkins but his given name I cannot recollect, that during the five months I served on board of her she was employed in the service of the United States against the enemy, that I entered on board of this vessel the same as I did on board of the Franklin and received at the rate of eight dollars per month and my share of one half of all our prize money the same as I did on board of the Franklin and the other half went to the government as I always understood and believe, that while I was on board of this vessel

she was, according to the best of my recollection manned by one hundred and twenty six men before the mast, but whether this vessel was fitted out by the general government or by the State of Massachusetts, I never knew nor ever heard and therefore cannot state but I am certain that she was not a privateer but was fitted out by government either the general or State - For fifteen months I served as a foretop-man on board of the Sloop of war Rambler of which Benjamin Dovitt was captain the first Lieutenant's name I do not recollect, the second Lieutenant's name was Rootman, and the Sail master's name was Shehane, the names of the other officers I do not recollect That I entered on board of this last named vessel the same as I did on board of the Franklin & Grand Turk and upon the same terms as to wages, & prize money and was under commissioned officers the same as when on board the two former vessels above named, that this vessel (the Rambler) was not a privateer but according to the best of my remembrance and as I always understood and believe was a public vessel, that she was engaged in the service of the United States against the enemy during the term of my service on board of her, but whether she was fitted out by the general government or by the State of Massachusetts, I never knew & cannot state that I do not know of any person living who served with me or was personally know- -ing to my serving on board of either of the above named vessels, neither do I know of any proof I can obtain in regard to the character of the above named vessels or the nature of the service, in which they were employed while I served on board of them as above stated neither do I know where to apply for such proof if any such is in existence and for

such service (stated above) I claim a pension subscribed and sworn before me this 12 th day of Dec r 1832}
Harry Patterson Justin P. Ter. Gilson
State of New York, Rensselaer County } ss. I Archibald Bull Clerk of the said county of Rensselaer do certify that Harry Patterson Esquire before whom the within above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and really believe his name subscribed above to the said affi- -davit to be genuine and his proper hand writing & signature In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county the Twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Archibald Bull Clerk for N. Howard Jun. Depy.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
County of Rensselaer } ss on this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Daniel Gardner Esquire Recorder of the city of Troy in the county of Rensselaer aforesaid & Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court in the city of Troy aforesaid now sitting Peter Gilson a resident of the town of Hoosick in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York aged Sixty eight years, will be sixty nine years the  day of August 1832 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he was born in the town of Groton in the County of Middlesex in the then province of Massachusetts Bay in the year Seven teen hundred and sixty three that he has no record of his age —————
That when he entered the service of the United States he was living at the town of Dunstable in the County of Middlesex aforesaid That in the Spring of the year Seven teen hundred and seventy seven the month nor day of the month he cannot recollect he enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of Mas- sachusetts, that he enlisted under Lieutenant John China or Cheney for six months and marched from Dunstable to Concord and being there mustered joined Captain Larkin's company of Militia his Christian name he cannot recollect, that the Regiment to which said company belonged was commanded by Colonel John Robinson that he was then marched to Rhode Island through Providence to Greenwich and from there to Quonset Point west of New Port that he was there employed

in guarding the Coast until some time in the summer of that year, when he was ordered back through Providence to Howlands Ferry on the east side of Rhode Island where he was joined to General Spencers Brigade of Militia, that the British were then in possession of Rhode Island after several attempts to cross over at Howlands Ferry, on to the Island to attack the enemy and not succeeding Genl Spencer was tried by a court martial and broken for cowardice as I understood at the time he remained in said Regiment near Howlands Ferry for two or three weeks, and then was marched to Quonessick Point where he was employed in guarding the shore until in October according to his best recollection when on an alarm he was ordered to Point Judith where a British 28 gun frigate, a 20 gun ship & tender had run ashore. The crews were taken prisoners and confined in the Stone Meeting House near Point Judith, he was employed in unloading the vessels and while he was on guard in the night three British ships came near the Point and sent their boats on board the vessels which had been run ashore and set fire to them, That from Point Judith he returned to Quonessick Point and there remained in the service of the United States as a Soldier of the Revolution until the time for which he enlisted was expired and was then discharged or dismissed -
That about the first of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight there was a call for men to repair to Charleston Massachusetts to guard the troops of General Burgoyne which had been taken at Saratoga. That he volunteered at Dunstable aforesaid and enlisted & went for that purpose for three months thinks it was in January in the year aforesaid but the day of the month on which he went he cannot recollect went under command of Lieutenant Kendall of the Militia to Billings

and there joined Captain Farmers Company of Militia under whom he marched to Bunker Hill where he was stationed during the winter, the colonels name he cannot recollect who had command of them while there the main guard employed to guard the British Troops at that time was on Winter Hill where the Hessians were kept That he was employed in the service of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution in the last above mentioned service three months, being the time for which he enlisted and was discharged there about the first of April 1778 -
That in the same year soon after the last service was performed but the month or the day of the month he cannot recollect, he again enlisted at Dunstable aforesaid for six weeks, That he was employed in guarding the lines and was stationed near Howlands Ferry. That he was in the Company of Captain Bames of the town of Stow in Massachusetts. That the Colonels name he does not recollect, that he staid there until the full term for which he had enlisted as aforesaid was expired when he was discharged or dismissed with the rest of the soldiers engaged in the Expedition That he returned as one of the Militia of Massachusetts.
That in the same year 1778 about the first of October but the precise day of the month he cannot recollect at Dunstable aforesaid, he again enlisted in the Militia under under the said Lieutenant Kendall for three months and marched to Boston where he joined Captain Lorys Company, the Lieutenants names were Warren of Chelmsford and Parker of Billerica - the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regiment to which said Company belonged, he cannot recollect That he staid at Boston a few days and was then marched to Dorchester where he was employed on fatigue at the Castle about six weeks, & then returned to

Boston, where he was stationed at Fort Hill and employed in guarding the Continental Stores on board of a prison ship. That he remained there until about the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, at which time his three months, for which he enlisted as last above mentioned expired and he was discharged having served out the full term of three months as a Soldier of the Revolution.
That about the last of August or the first of September in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine he entered on board of a Sloop of War Commanded by Captain John Robinson. The name of the Sloop was Franklin. That she was an eighteen gun Sloop. That he went on board of said Sloop at Salem in the State of Massachusetts and that he entered for a cruise of four months. That they reached the Bank of Newfoundland in September 1779. That they then cruised up the River St. Lawrence towards Quebec and captured three Vessels  Frigates belonging to the enemy one of them from Bermuda loaded with Jamaica Spirits one in Ballast and the other whose loading I do not recollect which last was retaken by the enemy. The names of the three vessels so captured he cannot recollect. That he afterwards sailed for the West Indies and cruised there until his return home. That he returned and was discharged and landed at Salem having faithfully served out his full term of four months in the service of the United States as a mariner on board of said Sloop of war.
That in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty the month or day he cannot recollect, he again enlisted in the Militia of Massachusetts at Danstable aforesaid.

That he enlisted for six months and marched to Springfield Massachusetts and was there mustered and joined a body of Troops commanded by Major Porter that they were then marched to Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and from there to Fishkill in the State of New York and from there to West Point, that Major Porter was one of the Regular officers. That at West Point he was attached to Captain Daniels company of Infantry of the Sixth Regiment of Regular Troops of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Dixon and belonging to General Dixon's Brigade, that the names of the lieu- tenants were Holbrook and Lilly. That he served out the six months, for which he enlisted as above faithfully as a Soldier of the Revolution, and that during the time he was marched to New Jersey to a place called Orange town near Tappan Bay and was encamp- ed about in New Jersey during the summer, that he was present at the execution of Major André, that the Regiment he belonged to was adjoining a Regiment on the left commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Dyer. That they returned to West Point in the fall, that about the beginning of December in the year 1780 he was discharged at West Point having served out his full term. That he there re- ceived a written discharge signed by Colo- nel Dixon or General Dixon Colonel Dixon gave it to him which he cannot recollect which he soon after accidentally lost and which was the only written discharge which he ever received when discharged from military service that he has any remembrance of
That in the month of June according to the best of his recollection (the day of the month however he cannot recollect, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one he entered

on board of the American Frigate Grand Turk of twenty six guns, that he entered on board of said frigate at Salem aforesaid that was commanded by Captain Simmons, that they sailed to Portsmouth New Hampshire where the number of the crew was completed and that they then sailed to the coast of Ireland and cruised there about two months and returned by Newfoundland That they sailed up the St Lawrence and was there the remainder of the cruise being in the whole five months and returned to Boston in the fall of that year having faithfully served out the full term of five months above named and was dismissed —
That in the latter part of the same year seventeen hundred and eighty one the month or day he cannot recollect, he again entered on board of the American Sloop of War Rambler at Boston, of sixteen guns commanded by Captain Benjamin Domett, That about the first of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two they sailed to the British Channel and cruised there and along the coast of Ireland and from thence sailed to Cadiz & from thence to the British West Indies, and returned home in March seventeen hundred and eighty three after a cruise of fifteen months which time he faithfully served on board said Sloop in the service of the United States. That they landed at the Port of Boston where he first heard of the Treaty of Peace between the United States & Great Britain, that he never received any written discharge from any of the above named vessels at any time & that he has no documentary evidence whatsoever of his enlistment or services at any of the above periods above named. That there is no person living as he knows of at present who is personally knowing to his having enlisted or served in the army at any of the above mentioned times.

or of his services on board any of the above named vessels any of the times or terms above named except the persons whose  other than those proved by the affidavits were hereto annexed
That he has lived since the Revolutionary war in Groton Massachusetts until the year eighteen hundred and fourteen, that he then moved to Brattleborough in the State of Vermont & lived one & a half years, & from there to Hinsdale New Hampshire where he lived about six years, and from there to Salem in the county of Washington in the State of New York where he lived about eight years and after that had no fixed place of residence until he removed to Hoosick last May and at which place he now resides
That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution are Aaron Chan Luther P Blodgett & John Fitch transmitted and that the person whose affidavit is hereto annexed is living in another state & unable to attend and by reason of bodily infirmity He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state or if any  only that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed } the day & year aforesaid } Archibald Bull Clerk }
Peter Gilson

We Luther P Blodgett a Clergyman residing in town of Hooiick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York and John Fitch - residing the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Peter Gilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Luther P Blodgett sworn & subscribed the } day and year aforesaid } John Fitch Archibald Bull Clerk
And the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and in the army on board of the vessels above named served as he states; And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Luther P Blodgett who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hooiick in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York and that John Fitch - who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place, and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit
I Archibald Bull Clerk of the court of com- mon Pleas called the Mayors Court in and for the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Gilson for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Eighth day of August 1832 Archibald Bull Clerk

I, Isaac Kendall, of Woodstock, in the county of Windsor, and state of Vermont, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Peter Gilson, now a resident of the town of Hoosick in the state of New-York, and that I have known him from childhood. In the spring of the year 1777, at Dunstable, in the county of Middlesex, and state of Massachusetts, I well recollect said Peter Gilson's enlisting for six months, under Lieut. John Cheney, and going to Rhode Island. - In April or May, 1778, said Gilson and myself enlisted, at Dunstable aforesaid, as privates, for six weeks, in Capt. Barnes's company of militia, and served the full time in Rhode Island, near Howland's ferry, where we were discharged, but had no discharge in writing. - After our return from Rhode Island, and I believe in the autumn of the same year, I well remember said Gilson's again enlisting, at said Dunstable, for three months, to guard Burgoyne's troops at Charlestown: which tour of duty I verily believe he performed. In the spring of 1780, the said Gilson and myself, at said Dunstable, again enlisted for six months as privates. - We joined the army at West Point, and served in Capt. Daniels's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment, and Gen. Nixon's brigade, Massachusetts line, for the term of six months; and were discharged at West Point, early in December, 1780; in writing - but my discharge has been lost.
Isaac Kendall
State of Vermont.
Windsor county, ss.
At Woodstock, in the county and state aforesaid, on this 10th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1832, the aforesaid Isaac Kendall personally appeared before me, and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the above affidavit, by him subscribed, are true, true. I hereby certify that the said Isaac Kendall is a person of credibility, and his statements are entitled to full credit. Jason Frendall Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor, County, ss.
Clerk's Office, Woodstock, August 11, 1832. -
I, Benjamin Swan, Clerk of the Windsor County Court, do hereby certify, that Jason Kendall, signer of the above instrument, is one of the justices of the peace for this county, and that the above is his signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and signed the same with my hand, the day and year above written.
Benj. Swan

✓ 40.924
correction Oct 97
Corrected No Ans

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11054
Lucinda Gilson Wid of Peter Gilson Print Rev. War
Act: Feby 3 d  1863
Index:—Vol. a , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3 d Auditor's Office June 4, 1836.
Sir:
Peter Gilson, N.Y. Act 1832, at $60.00 per ann died 11 th Sept r 1844, & his pension has been paid in full to that date.
J. Minot Esq r Comm r of Pension
Very Resp y Karl von Mühlen Auditor

Penobscot June 2 1830
Sir
Please state when Peter Gilman of my act 1832 was last paid at $60.00 a year,
Very Respectful D. Cole
R. D. Kimball Third Auditor
Not known
Triplitt

Washington
Feby. 21. 1857.
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Q Commr. of Pensions & Sir.
I have been requested to return to your office the enclosed warrant No. 40,924 for 160 acres issued (act 1855) to Lucinda Gibson . for the purpose of having the same corrected. The name of the claimant is Lucinda Hilson instead of Gibson .
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Servt.
L. W. Bennett.

Brief in the case of Lucinda Gilson widow of Peter Washington County and State of New York act 3 Feby 1853
Claim, ("original," "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 at $50.00 a year & died 1844
Raw proof of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, her identity as the pensioner's widow, his death and her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses.
Name and residence of Agent
C. W. Bennett Esq Present
Thornton Dupliff Examining Clerk.

Lucinda Gilson Widow of Peter Washington Co NY
admd 3 Feb 1833
$600 a year
from the papers
The last of
bequeathed to CW Bennett Esq Present

Washington
May 23. 1836.
Hon. J. Minot Comr. of Pensions Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs. Lucinda Hilow widow of Peter of N.Y. for the benefit of the 2 d section of the act of 3 d Feb y 1833.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt.
C. W. Bennett

State of New York Washington County ss: David Rupp of Salem in said County State being duly sworn saith that he has been well acquainted with Peter Gilson and Lucinda Gilson his wife for more than twenty years previous to the death of the said Peter, that he was reputed to have a soldier in the war of the Revolution and he acquired with this deponent respecting his application for a pension for his services in the Army of the United States in said war that he obtained such pension which was payable to him at the agency in the City of Albany in said State at which place he received payment up to within a few months of his death during which time the said Peter Gilson and Lucinda Gilson lived together as husband & wife and they were reputed and believed (and this deponent has no doubt truly) to have been lawfully married & with this deponent never had contradicted or doubted by any one, their universal good character and the estimation in which they were universally held by their acquaintance would have settled a contro- -versy at the time of the death of said Peter Gilson there was due him for arrears of pension a small sum and to obtain which said Lucinda Gilson in August 1845 made application to the Court of Common Pleas then sitting in said County for the provision of establishing her right to said arrears as the widow of the said Peter Gilson and such proceedings were thereon had that said Court in due form of law among other things adjudged the said Lucinda to be the widow of the said Peter Gilson of which decision Henry Shepherd the clerk of said Court under the seal thereof gave a certificate of which the annexed marked "A" is a duplicate upon which upon which & other documents annexed -paying the same (to which deponent refers) they now being in the pension office in the appropriate department

at the City of Washington as deposit (believe) The said Lucinda Gilson made application for such annuity which were ordered to be paid to her at the said agency in the said City of Albany - that in the fall of the year 1845 the said Lucinda Gilson gave to this deposit a power of Attorney to obtain for her the said annuity which this deposit obtained from the agency in said City of Albany & paid the same to the said Lucinda Gilson - Given before me this } 15 th day of March 1855 }
D. Russell
L. Allen Justice of the peace.
State of New-York, } ss. County of Washington }
I, Henry Shipboard -
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, (the same being a Court of Record,) do hereby certify, that at a Court of Common Pleas, held in and for said county, before the Judges thereof, at Salem in said county on the 28 th day of August 1845 it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court, that Peter Gilson late of the town of Cambridge in said county, died on the 11 th day of December in the year 1844 in the town of Cambridge in said county & state; that at the time of his death, he was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 th 1832, 1834 and that he left a widow him surviving, named Lucinda Gilson who is still living and resides in said town of Salem in said county
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this 28 th day of August
1845
H. Shipboard Clk

Mr. A Chase Contrary to my expectations I have ascertained at the Pension office in Albany, that there are provisions for getting the balance due to a Pensioner at the time of his death by the Widow. Within is the form of the Certificate to be obtained from the County Clerk upon which application is made at the Pension office. If the Widow does not apply in person she must execute a Power of Attorney to the applicant. The original Certificate of the Pensioner must also at the same time be surrendered. Watertown July 12/45- P.S. You had better make out a new Certificate for the Clerk using the return as a precedent. Made J.B. Dunning
Mr. A Chase Cambridge Washington County N.Y.
In the Matter of Pension Gibson T. Pillsbury estate

Mr. A Chase Cambridge Washington County N.Y.
In the matter of business Given Abel Colledge etc.

In the Matter
of Lucinda Gibson
Widow of Peter
Gibson re Application for Widow's
Pension &c &c
Carrie Chase afft

State of New York } Washington County } }
On this 29 th day of September A.D. 1854 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York which said Court is a court of record. Aaron Chase who is to me known & who is a credible witness & who being by me duly sworn did depose & say, that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Lucinda Gilson the above applicant for a pension that he has known her for the last twenty years or five years last past. That he was acquainted with Peter Gilson her late husband, having known him for the last 30 years previous to his death, that they the said Peter Gilson & Lucinda Gilson lived together as husband & wife & were reputed so to be that deponent never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned, That the said Peter Gilson died on the Eleventh day of December Eighteen hundred & forty four (1844) And the said Lucinda Gilson has been since that day & still is reputed to be his widow, And that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above & that deponent is disinterested.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year } First above written & I certify that I am not } interested therein }
Aaron Chase
L. Allen
Justice of Sup Court.